NAB’s DTV station list hits 1292

Fifty-nine local television stations have joined the NAB's list of those broadcasting in digital television (DTV). This brings the latest total to 1292 over-the-air DTV stations, operating in 207 markets that serve 99.69 percent of U.S. TV households.

The NAB also said that 87.54 percent of the more than 106 million U.S. TV households are in markets with five or more broadcasters airing DTV, and 69.23 percent are in markets with eight or more broadcasters sending digital signals.

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Earlier in the year NAB executives and other industry supporters said that most stations would be on the air by the end of 2002, but with just more than one month left, that number falls short of the approximately 1,288 who were supposed to be on the air by May 1 of this year.

According to NAB, 40 local broadcast stations joined the ranks of television stations broadcasting a digital signal, bringing the total number of DTV stations on air to 1,101 in 202 markets serving more than 99 percent of the nation's TV households. In addition, the NAB said that more than 81 percent of U.S. televisio

The NAB indicated today that 28 local broadcast stations have joined the ranks of those transmitting digital signals. The new DTV station total stands at 1,129 stations in 202 markets serving 99.35 percent of U.S. TV households. In addition, a little more than 84 percent of the more than 106 million U.S. TV households